J&K cases cross 1000; 28-year-old youth among 5 die in Jammu, one in Kashmir

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JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Apr 10: For the first time this year, Jammu and Kashmir today recorded COVID positive cases in four figures at 1005 including 706 in Kashmir and 299 in Jammu besides six COVID fatalities, five of which were reported in Jammu and Samba districts and include a 28-year-old youth.
Another Professor in Jammu University, posted in Chemistry Department, 38 female students of Priyadarshni and Sarojni Naidu hostels and five staff members besides 11 workers and staffers at Kiru project in Kishtwar district were found infected during testing for Coronavirus.
Srinagar and Jammu districts continued to account for maximum cases in both the divisions with 492 and 183 positives. Reasi district in Jammu showed second highest cases in the region at 58 including 39 travelers, majority of whom were tourists who were either sent back from Railway Station or lodged in COVID centres.